A MAN has been sentenced by the courts after being convicted of performing a lewd act on himself on a bus.

David Shaw, aged 88, was alleged to have committed an act outraging public decency by behaving in an indecent manner on a Morebus M1 service in Bournemouth on September 7, 2021.

Shaw, whose address was given as Luckham Close, Bournemouth, pleaded not guilty to the single charge.

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He was found guilty following a trial at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Friday, November 11.

The bench issued Shaw with a 12-month conditional discharge along with orders to pay a £22 surcharge and £620 costs.

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